SKOPJE (AP): North Macedonia’s government declared three days of mourning Thursday following a deadly overnight fire in a COVID-19 field hospital that killed 14 people and injured a dozen. The blaze broke out late Wednesday in the western city of...
NAIROBI (AP): Africa’s already-thin supply of COVID-19 vaccines has taken another significant hit, with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa director saying on Thursday that for various reasons, including the roll-out of booster shots, “We...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC): The law dictating mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for some categories of public-sector workers here may be tested in court soon. The Public Service Union (PSU) has said it has instructed its lawyer to sue the government...
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Olaf was heading toward a strike on the Los Cabos resort region at the tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula on Thursday. As the storm approached, authorities closed ports in the area, prepared...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday is toughening COVID-19 vaccine requirements for federal workers and contractors as he aims to boost vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant that is killing thousands each week and...
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday announced an extension of a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and 18 other areas until the end of September, saying healthcare systems remain under severe strain, and that...
The Government is developing a border security policy and strategy that will secure Jamaica against various threats, including the illegal movement of weapons, drugs, and contraband, while promoting lawful commence. “This policy represents a...
DALLAS (AP) — Several leading United States airlines warned Thursday that the rise in COVID-19 cases due to the delta variant is hurting their bookings and further delaying the recovery of the travel industry. American Airlines said a...
GENEVA (AP): Rich countries with large supplies of coronavirus vaccines should refrain from offering booster shots through the end of the year and make the doses available for poorer countries, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said...
JAKARTA (AP): A massive fire raged through an overcrowded prison near Indonesia’s capital early Wednesday, killing at least 41 inmates, two of them foreigners serving drug sentences, and injuring 80 others. Firefighters battled through the early...
KINGSTOWN (CMC): A 56-year-old vendor will reappear in a magistrate’s court on September 15 after she pleaded not guilty to an additional charge of throwing missiles that could have resulted in endangering people who were present in a public place...
NASSAU (CMC): The main opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) says it has referred to its lawyers a decision by the government to amend the Parliamentary Elections Act through an Emergency Powers Order to allow an advanced poll in Barbados to...
GEORGETOWN (CMC): The Guyana government on Wednesday said it “firmly rejects” an agreement signed between the Venezuela government and an opposition party in the South American country formally agreeing to unite on the question of the long-standing...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CMC): Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Wednesday said the world is standing at the edge of a “moral precipice” as she criticised the international community for not doing much in dealing with climate change and its...
TULA, Mexico (AP) — Torrential rains in central Mexico suddenly flooded a hospital early Tuesday, killing 16 patients, possibly due to the loss of oxygen equipment as the power went out, the national Social Security Institute said. A video...
Published:Wednesday | September 8, 2021 | 12:14 PM
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization is calling for rich countries with large supplies of coronavirus vaccines to refrain from offering booster shots through the end of the year, expanding an earlier request that has...
Published:Wednesday | September 8, 2021 | 10:14 AM
GENEVA — The World Health Organization-backed programme to get vaccines to the neediest people in the world has again scaled back its target to ship doses this year, projecting about 1.4 billion doses will be available by the end of the year...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A powerful earthquake struck near the Pacific resort city of Acapulco on Tuesday night, killing at least one person and causing buildings to rock and sway in Mexico City hundreds of kilometres away. The US Geological...
Published:Wednesday | September 8, 2021 | 12:09 AM
PARIS (AP): French doctors and scientists on Tuesday called on authorities to take action against the insults and threats – including death threats – that they have frequently received during the coronavirus pandemic. The doctors said they fear...
Published:Wednesday | September 8, 2021 | 12:08 AM
ST JOHN’S (CMC): Prime Minister Gaston Browne Monday said salaries and wages for public sector workers will be paid on time but admitted that “it is becoming increasingly difficult” as the country continues to feel the impact of the COVID-19...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in Louisiana, most of them outside New Orleans, still didn't have power Tuesday and more than half of the gas stations in two major cities were without fuel nine days after...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A strong typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines on Tuesday, bringing high winds that caused power outages in several provinces. Typhoon Conson carried sustained winds of 74 miles per hour with gusts of up...
LONDON (AP) — United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Tuesday he plans to keep an election promise to grapple with the rocketing cost of the long-term care needed by Britain's growing older population. To do it, he broke...
ROTTERDAM (AP): The United Nation’s (UN) top climate official urged governments Monday to stop their “deferral and delay” tactics and instead embrace rapid, widespread measures to curb and adapt to global warming. Amid a season of extreme weather...
WASHINGTON: The United States is confirming for the first time that it has helped a US citizen and their family members to escape Afghanistan through an overland route to a neighbouring country. A US official said on Monday that the citizen and...
